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REPAIR COUPLING.

No. 532,989. Patented Jam 22, 18.95.

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CORNELIUS J. PHILLIPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REPAIR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 532,989, dated January22, 1895.

Application filed February 5, 1894. Serial No. 499| (N mod l- To allwhom it may concern:

and useful Improvements in Repair- Couplin gs, of which the following isa specification.

My invention has reference to repair connections and especially todevices for replacing the connections, when the flush or ventilatinghorns of water closets are broken.

It consists essentially in a repair connection composed of abridge-piece adapted to span the orifice, an exterior coupling-piece andtwo studs connecting the bridge piece with the coupling-piece,one ofwhich studs is removably'secured in the bridge piece to permit thelatter to be passed through the orifice from the exterior.

The nature of my said invention Will best be understood when describedin connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1represents a vertical cross-section of a water closet with repairconnection. Fig. 2 is a side elevation on a larger scale showing theseveral parts of the connection disconnected. Fig. 3 is a section in theplane 3-3 Fig. 2. Fig. at is an end view of the couplingpiece andpipe-connection. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the repairconnection as applied. I

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A (les ignates a pipe-connection,which in this example is shown in the form of an elbow, but which,according to circumstances, maybe in the form of any other knownfitting, either straight or bent. To this pipe-connection is fittedloosely a coupling flange B provided with bolt holes 19' b and adaptedto bear against a shoulder a formed on the end of the pipe connection.

0 is a coupling-piece, shown in this example to be in the form of aflange, which is centered with reference to the pipe connection A by acollar 0.

b b are bolts adapted to pass through the pipe-connection and thecoupling-piece. 5 5

D is a bridge-piece adapted to span the ori-' v fice H (Figs. 1, 2 and5). Said bridge-piece is provided with two studs f f screwed into tapholes j j therein and adapted to pass through bolt holes ff formed inears 0' c projecting from the interior of the couplingpiece.

g g are the nuts for the stndsff, and iis a washer carried on a collar hof the couplingpiece and forming a packing between the latter and thehorn of the water-closet.

The methods of applying the repair connection will vary with thecharacter of the article with which the joint is made; If the interiorof the article can be conveniently 7o reached the connection isseparated, as shown in Fig. 2. The bridge-piece together with the studsf f are placed in position from the interior and the coupling-piece andbridge-piece drawn tightly upon the wall by the nuts 9 g. Thepipe-connection is then secured to the coupling-piece by bolts b b andnuts d d. If the interior of the article is not readily accessible, oneof the studs f f is unscrewed from the bridge-piece D and the latter ispassed from the exterior through the orifice at an angle. The stud isthen replaced and the connection completed as before. Of course ineither case the broken horn or other part, must first be trimmed true toafford a bear ing surface for the coupling-piece.

In place of the loose flange B, bolts b b and nuts (1 d for securing thepipe-connection to thecoupling-piece C, the pi pe-connection andcoupling-piece may be provided with screw threads.

I do not herein claim a single T headed screw threaded bolt adapted toengage byits head the inner walls of the closet and to' projectoutwardly and engage an aperture in a 5 bar extending across a nippleadapted to cover the intake orifice.

What I claim as new is-- 1. A repair connection consisting of abridge-piece adapted to span the orifice, a hollow coupling-piece andtwo studs connecting the bridge-piece withthe coupling-piece,- one ofwhich studs is removably secured in the bridge-piece to permit thelatter to be passed through the orifice from the exterior, substantiallyas described.

2. A repair connection consisting of a bridge-piece adapted to span theorifice, a hollow coupling-piece provided with perforated, internalears, and two studs connecting the bridge piece with thecoupling-piece,- one of which studs is removably secured in thebridge-piece to permit the latter to be passed through the orifice fromthe exterior, substantially as described.

3. A repair connection consisting of a bridge-piece adapted to span theorifice, a hollow coupling-piece provided with perforated internal earsand with means for securing a pipe connection thereto, and studs securedin said bridge-piece and adapted to pass through the ears of thecoupling, substantially as described.

4. A repair connection consisting of a bridge-piece adapted to span theorifice, and provided with two studs, one of which is removable fromsaid bridge-piece, a couplingpiece provided with bolt holes for thepassage of'the studs, nuts fitting the studs, a pipeconnection, a looseflange on the same, and bolts and nuts for connecting the flange withthe coupling-piece, substantiallyas described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 23d day of January, 1894.

CORNELIUS J. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. W. THOMAS, KLAS. H. TERNSTEDT.

